No-Fight Leaders

The Democratic leaders decided to listen politely while the Fascists roared during the state of the union speech. There was no fight in the Democratic leaders. They will sit quietly through the end of democracy, always decent and hoping someone else will save them. 

A number of rank and file members waved signs. Brave Al Green got  thrown out, and several members left with him. Some members stayed home, boycotting.  

But the Democratic leaders called for polite deference.  They are useless. The party needs leaders who can connect with voters. 

Don't sit politely. Many families are about to lose their health care. 

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El Supremo

Trump's recent attack on President Zelenskyy was more than stabbing Ukraine. Trump was attacking western civilization.

This is my view (probably wrong). 

Trump's problem is that western civilization, as structured, blocks his pursuit of absolute power. If he can reconstruct the entire world system so that Putin rules Europe and China rules Asia. Then Trump, as El Supremo, can rule America, Canada, Mexico, Greenland and everything south to the pole. 

He is a textbook psychopath. 

Trump admires himself in the most grandiose terms. He is the world's leading expert.

Trump feels no remorse. He tells lies to control people. He acts impulsively. He's not faithful to his wife. He breaks the law. And so on.

Imagine being born with a half-billion dollars in your wallet. You are free to devote your time to any cause. 

You choose to spend your life cheating people, starting a fake college, a fake charity, promoting fake money. A convicted felon, you sell rubbish from inside the White House. But you aim higher--Trump wants to be Caligula but he will settle for being Putin. 

Weakling

Susan observed that Trump is now such a weak figure that he needs a "strong" man to protect him in public appearances. So far that farcical role has been played by Musk and Vance. 

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Buy Nothing Day

Today, Friday, is the day Indivisible has called on people to buy nothing. The idea is to make a statement of protest against the Musk-Trump cruelty. 

It's a gesture.

We don't have to wait until 2026 to vote. We can vote with our wallets now. Coca Cola, for example, is more politically offensive than Pepsi. MacDonalds (Mickey D) is more offensive than Burger King. 

MSNBC

Frightened by a ratings drop after the election, a new broom at MSNBC has swept out two hosts and demoted a third. All three are women of color. This cleansing will adjust MSNBC's ratio back toward the correct MAGA percentage of white and male. 

The one woman left in a good time slot is Rachel Maddow. She has stated on air her disapproval of the host changes. Good for her.  

For the most part, what an MSNBC host does is interview other hosts and the same old sidekicks.  And they sell one another's books all day long.

MSNBC covers a narrow range of news, mostly gossip from the national capital. If you want to know what is happening in Asia, Africa or Europe, where most humans live, look elsewhere.  

Best Music

Maybe the most moving classical music written in the 20th century is the adagio in "Concierto de Aranjuez" by Rodrigo. Not that I know anything. But it was the most performed 20th century concerto. 

Even if you aren't interested in classical music, you might give this a try. It's about 12 minutes long. 

You can find it on YouTube. Search for "adagio concierto de aranjuez." 

Be prepared for guitar and oboe.

Rain Man

The levers of world power are now in the lotion-scented hands of three weanies: an orange traitor, Jumping Jack Rain-man and the only Yale-trained hillbilly.  

The Democratic Party is not going to save us from them. The New York Times will not save us. Rachel Maddow is not going to save us.  

We have to save ourselves.

Each of us has to do something. Look at the different groups and pick something that suits you. 

Ordinary people have started by forming groups and networks. We need networks because the commercial media is not informing people of scheduled protests. 

The media cover events after they have occurred, but they won't tell you when the next event will happen. 

Our groups keep coming up with new ideas about how to strike back at MAGA leaders. Informal networks can mobilize us. We can keep friends informed. We can try new ideas.

Join a group. Make a statement now. Don't wait until 2026. 

One event. On February 28th send a message. Spend no money, none at all. Tell your friends. Maybe business leaders will notice.  Or maybe not.

Then on to the next thing.

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Eating It

Last night John Oliver explained that we do not have to wait until the election in 2026 to send a message. We can demonstrate now and tell the fascists "to eat --it."

Join a group. Fight!

Mrs. Subliminable

A plea for decency by a good citizen

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"I was shocked to hear that a small band of unhappy residents are brutally desecrating local Testla recharging sites. I hope people understand that brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites is illegal. If you get caught brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites,  you may be fined or serve months in jail. 

"It may be the case that ordinary Americans are   brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites because they do not like the weenie who owns Tesla. He has so much money he thinks he's entitled to rule us. But that is no excuse for brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites late at night when no one is watching. 

"Brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites is wrong day or night--the time doesn't matter. Think of the inconvenience that brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites causes. 

"Do the right thing, folks. You know what it is."

                                                                                                                                                   --- Jack de Selby